BAM has been on-site since early 2017 to deliver the first phase of the £80m project, which should be ready to accommodate passengers by late 2018.

Ian Lang, capital director at Edinburgh Airport said: “As Edinburgh Airport continues to grow it’s important we provide infrastructure that is fit for purpose and meets the needs of passengers and our airline partners whilst maintaining day to day operations.”

Edinburgh Airport is engaged in a five-year capital programme valued at £220m as it seeks to keep pace with growing passenger demand.

An all new food court will be provided under the plans

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Clearly zero effort or skill has been applied to this...good news the airport is expanding but this is disturbingly rubbish. I am always quite embarrassed and irritated when touching down in Scotland from European airports, especially from Scandinavia.
Do consultants actually get paid for producing this....who were they??

#2 the centrally located cocktail/ prosecco bar is a must have requirement to enable social climbers to be 'seen'....the same people who normally occupy the speedy boarding queue on a budget flight.
Has anyone from Edinburgh Airport actually been to other airports?
Anybody know who the consultants on this are?

" I am always quite embarrassed and irritated when touching down in Scotland from European airports, especially from Scandinavia."

Arrivals and baggage claims are dated but not badly, though I have had to wait almost 1 hour for a bag - exactly the same time it took to get from London by plane. The current interior is piecemeal with a new and sleekish area going towards the tram and side entrance to the car park with the rest not having changed in 15 years.

Copenhagen airport splits passengers into Shengen and non-Schengen, the Shengen part having the shops and restaurants. It is not that nice inside, it is functional but not wonderful. Oslo Gardermoen and Helsinki are brighter and use natural light (something Edinburgh could use a lot more of), Schiphol is much better, but a major hub (as is Copenhagen) than Edinburgh is. I like the open garden area upstairs, the museum, the play areas and things to do. The shops are as poor and overpriced as every airport is. Having a major rail interchange inside the airport is something Edinburgh will never have. Edinburgh could learn a lot from Schiphol apart from the long delays from non-Schengen to Schengen transfers, which are often 30-60 minutes with a lot of queue jumping (including me).

I wonder if this time airline passengers have been given precedence over shopping outlets - or is the route to departures even more elongated to include more shopping temptations? Perhaps some escalators to help passengers with their ever increasing hand luggage to get from tarmac level to passport control and baggage reclaim might suggest that Edinburgh Airport is moving out of the aviation backwoods. Perhaps a visit to such as (even) Pisa could open Edinburgh (International -
really?!!)Airport managements' eyes to the consideration given to travellers over shoppers.